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...Perhaps the most disturbing recent case has been that of Gao Zhisheng, who hasn't been seen or heard from since he was detained by police in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2009. An uncompromising, self-taught lawyer, Gao once handled cases few others would touch - involving dispossessed villagers, members of underground Christian house churches and exploited factory workers. In 2001 the Ministry of Justice named him one of the country's top 10 lawyers. But his work on sensitive cases, most notably representing members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, led to his being seen as an enemy...
...January 2009, after years of monitoring and harassment led Gao's teenage daughter to attempt suicide, his family decided to flee. Gao's wife Geng He took their daughter and infant son and slipped away from their official minders in Beijing. They traveled south, aided by a network of Falun Gong practitioners, and eventually crossed into Burma and then Thailand. Two months later they reached the U.S., where they were given political asylum. On the first anniversary of Gao's disappearance, Geng demanded that the Chinese government produce her husband. So far her cries have been met with disdain...
...Beijing's central avenues as more than 150 fighter aircraft soared overhead. And to make sure the heavens don't rain on their parade, the Chinese will scramble a fleet of fog-dispersing aircraft to intercept storm clouds. The event "will embody China's economic and technological progress," said Gao Jianguo, a Chinese military spokesman, in an interview with the state news agency Xinhua...
...meantime, the Government Accountability Office is conducting a six-month study on credit-card interchange fees, which is expected to be completed in November. Analysts believe it's unlikely any bills will be passed on the issue until this report is released. A GAO executive was not immediately available for comment...
...there are dozens of other aircraft sometimes used to ferry lawmakers and other VIPs). Hard data on the 89th is tough to dig out and, obviously, both the military and Congress like it that way. The go-to source for public reports on government spending - the Government Accountability Office (GAO) - answers to Congress. "We haven't looked into it in a long time," a GAO spokeswoman says. But the Air Force, after a day of asking, reported that the 89th currently has two Air Force Ones, based on the Boeing 747 airframe; five C-20s (Gulfstream IIIs); four...